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nary strata, and kno^^-n under the name of molasse. This molasse cor- 
responds, without doubt, chronologically with the Craor, . . 
" We will say in conclusion, that the Pompeii for us Belgian paleontolo- 
gists is the geological basin of x4.ntwerp. There a new world reveals itself to 
the attention of naturalists. Marine forms there alternate with terrestrial, 
and the species of the Brussels basin, of which the remains have been so 
carefully collected by the intelligent perseverance of M. le Captaine Le 
Hon, had long disappeared, when the Crag Sea was peopled with its new 
and curious inhabitants. 
" To the fauna which has been buried in the clay of Boom and of Ku- 
pelmonde, and which is distinguished by its superb remains of marine 
turtles, succeeded a fauna of elegant cetaceans ; after the appearance 
of these giants of the sea, the soil was prepared to receive the mammoth 
and tichorine rhinoceros, — to finish in that which alone could complete the 
grand work. Millions have been spent in clearing out ruins and passages; 
let us profit by the millions spent in the national defences and set our- 
selves to the study, not of temples and forumSj but of sandy shores fre- 
quented of old by that old-world creation, so rich in variety of forms, 
so full of the power of primitive nature. 
" Let us found in the capital a Belgian museum, and unite our efforts to 
those of the G-overnment to preserve in the same locality all the treasures 
of our soil. The galleries of the Belgian Museum should be spread beside 
the strata — those leaves of the grand book of our country, and the 
mineralogical and paleontological collections located with the actual 
fauna and flora ; ana by the side of these products of the soil should be 
shown the cJiefs-d'ceuvy'e of art and the marvels of industry."* 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Travelled Boulders. — In the January number of the ' Geologist,' the 
editor states in his interesting article on " Some Fossil Fruits from the 
Chalk," that it is one of the features of the Magazine, " that matters not 
understood should be brought before the world in its pages." The follow- 
ing remarks, if they do not give information, may, at least, cause some in- 
telligent reader to answer certain questions regarding what have been 
termed travelled or scratched boulders. 
Sir C. Lyell, in his ' Principles of Geology,' has given a map, showing 
the extent of surface in Europe which has at one period or another been 
covered by the sea since the commencement of the deposition of the older 
or Eocene Tertiary strata. In his interesting and valuable description of 
this map, he remarks that the researches of Mr. James Smith, of Jordan- 
hill, and others, among the northern deposits, enable us to discover the 
signs of a climate colder than that now prevailing. The Jordanhill here 
mentioned is a small estate in the neighbourhood of the city of Glasgow, 
not far from the river Clyde, and occupies a very small part of the area 
which can be proved by geological evidence to have been covered by the 
sea. The talented and highly respected proprietor above mentioned has 
published, in the Proceedings of the Geological Society, etc., descriptions 
of the arctic shells discovered by him when examining the till, or boulder- 
clay, on his estate and in the neighbourhood. 
The scratched or rounded travelled boulders found in the till at Jordan- 
* Bull, de I'Acad. des Sc. de Bnixelles. 
